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chance-med·ley (ch

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A random, haphazard action or occurrence.

[Middle English chaunce medley, manslaughter, from Norman French chance medlee, mixed accident : Old French chance, accident; see chance + Old French medlee, mixed; see medley.]

chance-medley

(Law) Law a sudden quarrel in which one party kills another; unintentional but not blameless killing

[from Anglo-French chance medlee mixed chance]

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chance-medley - an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense

manslaughter - homicide without malice aforethought

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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